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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C85D8B.F7081B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday (Tuesday) I observed some crows chasing a Hawk, and my initial = thought was the Hawk looked smaller the crows. It turned out that the = closest antagonist of the Hawk was in fact a Common Raven, which = explained to me why my perception of this Red-tailed Hawks size was = thrown off the mark for a bit. Here is a split screen look as all three = flew pretty much directly over my head while I was at Sullivans Pond: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186848/Medium Another bird of prey I kept seeing yesterday but never really provided a = good photo opportunity was a Northern Harrier that was cruising the = Harbor, likely the same one recently mentioned by Pat Mackay. I first = viewed it along Dartmove Cove in the morning, then later on in the = afternoon by Tufts Cove and then yet again along the harbor about 1/2 = hour later near the bottom of Jamieson St, Dartmouth, near the outflow = there. There were at least 4 American Coots still at Sullivans Pond, and near = the Peace Pavillion there was one male Eurasin Wigeon. Here are a couple of recent photos from my sister Rita. The first is of = the Bonapartes Gull recently mentioned by Don MacNeill that was spending = time near Hartlen Point. The second is of a Hermit Thrush that visited = her yard briefly in Lower Sackville: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186848/Medium http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186850/Medium Here is one more look at the Great black-backed / Glaucous Gull hybrid = that was frequenting Sullivans Pond. I haven't seen it for a number of = days now, so it may have moved on. It was just starting to get much = more approachable: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/104400382/Medium and finally, here are two photos of a very white young Iceland Gull = puting a bite onto an adult, for no good reason that I could see other = than to take its spot in the water and to show its dominance: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/105953561/Medium http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/105953566/Medium Cheers Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C85D8B.F7081B00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yesterday (Tuesday) I observed some = crows chasing a=20 Hawk, and my initial thought was the Hawk looked smaller the crows. It = turned=20 out that the closest antagonist of the Hawk was in fact a Common Raven, = which=20 explained to me why my perception of this Red-tailed = Hawks size was=20 thrown off the mark for a bit. Here is a split screen look as all=20 three flew pretty much directly over my head while I was at = Sullivans=20 Pond:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186848/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186848/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Another bird of prey I kept seeing = yesterday but=20 never really provided a good photo opportunity was a Northern Harrier = that was=20 cruising the Harbor, likely the same one recently mentioned by Pat = Mackay. I=20 first viewed it along Dartmove Cove in the morning, then later on in the = afternoon by Tufts Cove and then yet again along the harbor about 1/2 = hour later=20 near the bottom of Jamieson St, Dartmouth, near the outflow = there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There were at least 4 American = Coots still at=20 Sullivans Pond, and near the Peace Pavillion there was one male Eurasin=20 Wigeon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are a couple of recent photos from = my sister=20 Rita. The first is of the Bonapartes Gull recently mentioned by Don = MacNeill=20 that was spending time near Hartlen Point. The second is of a Hermit = Thrush that=20 visited her yard briefly in Lower Sackville:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186848/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186848/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186850/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/55186850/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here is one more look at the Great = black-backed /=20 Glaucous Gull hybrid that was frequenting Sullivans Pond. I haven't seen = it for=20 a number of days now, so it may have moved on. It was just=20 starting to get much more approachable</FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/104400382/Medium">htt= p://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/104400382/Medium</A></FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and finally, here are two photos of a = very white=20 young Iceland Gull puting a bite onto an adult, for no good reason that = I could=20 see other than to take its spot in the water and to show its=20 dominance:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/105953561/Medium">htt= p://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/105953561/Medium</A></FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/9/105953566/Medium">htt= p://bernieb.smugmug.com/gall